League for the Blind and Disabled Inc

Analysis

League for the Blind and Disabled Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Wayne, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1951, 75 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, League for the Blind and Disabled Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.4m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, League for the Blind and Disabled Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alcohol & Drug Dependency Services of Southeast Iowa ($3.4m), Womens Resource & Rape Assistance Program ($3.4m) and Knox Winamac Community Health Centers Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 28% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $110k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $12.5m against liabilities of $410k, net assets of $12.1m. It reported 77 employees.